Lexington – Cryptonite

3 pax braved a little rain to bring in year 45 of YHC’s crazy existence on this orb we call Earth. Work was done and some miles were covered. Weather: 48 and periods of rain Disclaimer/Prayer The Thang: Mosey around to the bottom of Reaper hill them up to the working streetlights. Circle up: SSH …

YHC has never been over to Crypt for a workout. Not sure why, but I’ve always heard these guys like to get after it. Today was exactly what I expected! 10 PAX showed up to do something hard and to push themselves and that’s what they did. TClaps to my Hollow brothers for your support. …

Rule of thumb for Qing a regular F3 bootcamp is: Make it challenging but not so challenging a man of a reasonable fitness level can’t do it. Rule of thumb for Qing Cryptonite: There are no rules (save F3’s 5 core principles). It better be challenging for even the most fit among us. When Wingback, …

YHC, along with my fellow AOQs Milli Vanilli and Hemingway, were excited to see our brothers from across the river and post for a Stomp the Swamp convergence. The Battle boys are a tough group of Pax, and so YHC knew we had to bring it. You cannot come to Cryptonite and not visit Reaper …

Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks, 28, of Edgewater, Maryland, assigned to SEAL Team 3, died Aug. 16, 2012, when his helicopter was shot down northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan, while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Today the pax of Cryptonite did a WOD to honor him. Disclaimer/Prayer The Thang: Mosey to the …

Got the text from Surcharge that some of the Augusta pax were planning a trip up to his old stomping grounds. Initially YHC was going to go for a long trail run but after some EHing by Surcharge, decided to post and grab the Q. Weather: 70 something The Thang: Intro, disclaimer, prayer COP SSH …

Ah the gloom in 5000% humidity. It is always adds an extra suck factor in the gloom and it did not disappoint this morning! 5 brave pax posted with great anticipation to see what brand of stupid YHC had in store. YHC hopes the pax all got their moneys worth, especially Man Bun, who posted …

YHC saw something floating around in the webosphere that seemed like a terrible idea. Brute Force was doing a little fundraiser for the boys in blue and it seemed only correct to bring a full blown sandbag workout to Cryptonite. The Pax, as always, responded to the call. Sandbag weight was at the pax discretion. …

Ah it was yet another glorious morning at Cryptonite. It was hot. It is still hot. It is not going to stop being hot until January. Weather: 75 and humid Disclaimer/Prayer The thang: do 100 burpees, run a mile. Do 50 burpees, run a mile. Do 25 burpees, run a mile. Do 25 burpees. The …

YHC and 4 Pax assembled on a beautiful morning to get in a little work. We salute Shawshank,s 4 year anniversary, but our show must go on. Weather: 69 and only about 89% humidity. There was a breeze. Once. Disclaimer/BOM The thang: Mosey down the hill, up the hill and to Reaper hill. Run backwards …

One of YHC’s first Cryptonite posts was a Fracture Q which was a circuit of 5 stations, multiple exercises, burpees, and running. This was and continues to be one of the hardest posts for YHC and has reaffirmed that the workouts do not get easier you just get stronger. This was also the first post …

YHC was a last minute addition to the Q sheet for this weekend so with little time to think outside the box, YHC fell back on an old standby for this AO. CONDITIONS: Cool 45 degrees Disclaimer/No FNGs THE THANG: in lieu of a regular warmup YHC decided to take the pax on the Cryptonite 1 …

There was an F3Lexington call for each AO to signup to Q out at Cryptonite and Wee Wee and YHC signed up; however, we first signed up on the same Saturday as Dam to Dam Relay so we had to reschedule for today. We talked a few times before Saturday about our plans, but had the …

I always had it in mind that I would do the burpee mile / burpee mile challenge for my first Q, and so when the opportunity arose sort of last minute, it was an easy decision to make. Though after some discussion prior with Cryptonite’s other AOQs it was decided we’d stretch it out a little further …

Every region of F3 should have at least one AO that is devoted to pushing the standards of work and fitness for the men in its area. That was the thinking behind the creation of Battle in Columbia, which we had taken from the Young Guns workout in Charlotte. Cryptonite strives to be the most …

YHC was joined by Coon Dog, Notebook, and Knowzit to do our best rendition of a Beatdown at Cryptonite. It’s safe to say that the Beatdown was more on our end than the regular PAX that showed up for our experiment. It was a great experience and we are grateful for the opportunity. Prayer Disclaimer …

The Nantan sent a challenge to the AO’s of Lexington to come lead Cryptonite. YHC accepted and the pax of Ambush jumped in. Paper Jam helped deliver the beatdown, that included many of Ambush favorites. Thanks for the invite. We’ll be back soon. Maybe the Cryptonite SF will be there next time. Anyway, 10 pax …

Posting has been scarce at Cryptonite lately, largely in part because of Harbison 50K training. However, a call when out on the Twittersphere last night and it brought in some pax. Glad they all posted for some betterment. Weather: 30° The Thang: Loop around the parking lot to scoop up Red Eye and then COP …

Cold and wet conditions didn’t deter 14 of Lexington’s finest from posting at Cryptonite this AM. Things almost got out of hand as the burpees, tires flips, pull ups, and other awful things just kept coming. No one left disappointed. Shout out to the RESPECT crew this morning. Several 50+ers showed up and punched the …

YHC told the pax what was going down at Cryptonite yet 8 pax posted anyway. Time prevented us from completing the full mile but the pax responded well this challenge. It was horrible. Conditions: 35 degrees, clear The Thang: Disclaimer BOM Mosey to the track Burpee Mile = Broad jump then burpee; R&R around the …

Cryptonite, it ain’t easy and the pax are always looking for ways to continue to push themselves here. That was done, even though this backblast is slightly late…okay really late. Weather: Mid 60’s, Moist ™ The Thang: Disclaimer, prayer Run down toward the tennis courts, up the hill and to the parking lot for COP …

7 Pax posted to the gloom of Cryptonite to take on YHC’s death by burpee. Should have been 8 but a certain Pax dropped his 2.0 off for a cross country trip and then hightailed it out of there. I don’t want to call any names out but his initials are Thumbs Up. There’s not …

Cryptonite was pleased to be one of the 2 options for pre-Stomp the Swamp convergence. YHC warned to post elsewhere if a STS PR was your goal this AM. 27 studs posted. Not that our other AOs aren’t intense but Cryptonite, by design, is a no-holds-barred bootcamp that allows QICs the freedom to lead at …

Cryptonite record to be set. We crossed 4+ miles earlier this year, time to crank it up to 5…right off the get go. Weather: Little bit humid The Thang No warmup, just an explanation of the Lovelace Hero WOD. No where else can you pull out this workout and expect the pax to do it. …

YHC has been getting my butt kicked by the Q’s lately at Cryptonite and I thought it was my turn to try to bring the pain to the boys. I would encourage anyone wanting to turn it up a notch to come on out and test their hand at this high impact workout. 19 pax …